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- 1 2 Abū Khalīl, Shawqī (2003). Atlas of the Quran. Dar-us-Salam. p. 242. ISBN 978-9960897547.(online).
- 1 2 3 Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 211.
- ↑ Tabari, Al (2008), The foundation of the community, State University of New York Press, p. 147, ISBN 978-0-88706-344-2
- ↑ Mubarakpuri, The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet, pp. 350-351.
- ↑ Tabari, Al (2008), The foundation of the community, State University of New York Press, pp. 149–150, ISBN 978-0-88706-344-2
- 1 2 3 Mubarakpuri, The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet, pp. 352.
- ↑ Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 221.